Wojciech Kossak

Wojciech Kossak (Paris, France, December 31, 1857 – July 29, 1942, Kraków, Poland) was a Polish painter and member of the celebrated Kossak family of painters and writers. He was the son of painter Juliusz Kossak and father of painter Jerzy Kossak.

Wojciech Kossak's work was very different in subject matter and style from Jan Matejko's; Kossak belonged to a later generation of artists. Like Matejko, however, he is known for paintings depicting the history of Polish arms and notable battles of Central and Eastern Europe. Among his most famous paintings is "The Racławice Panorama".

ee also

* Juliusz Kossak (Wojciech's painter father, 1824–99).
* Jerzy Kossak (Wojciech's painter son, 1886–1955)
* Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (novelist daughter of Wojciech's twin brother, Tadeusz Kossak; 1889–1968).
* Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (Wojciech's poet daughter, 1891–1945).
* Magdalena Samozwaniec (Wojciech's writer daughter, 1894–1972).
* Kossak
* List of Poles

Notes

Further reading

* Łozińska Hempel, Maria (1986). "Z łańcucha wspomnień." Wydawnictwo Literackie.

External links

[
cite web
url=http://artyzm.com/e_obraz.php?id=1616
title=Pilsudski on Horseback
work=Gallery of Polish Painting Masterpieces
accessdate=2008-01-25] This painting that hangs in the National Museum, Warsaw, remains one of the most popular artistic portrayals of Piłsudski.]
* [http://malarze.com/artysta.php?id=229 Kossak's gallery at malarze.com]